Meditated this morning for 10 minutes prior to going to the hospital for some tests. All went well - though the main procedure was not particularly pleasant - and the outcome is reassuring.
I was aware that my meditation practice stood me in good stead. I read a Pema Chodron book in the waiting room and tried to practice loving kindness to those around me. I may write some more about it on my blog - or not, we'll see.
Thank you to all for being here and helping to ground me in this practice. I've got a long way to go, but that doesn't matter.
Mary, I'm glad to hear the tests went well (albeit not comfortably!) And Moose, I hope yesterday's sick child is feeling better today.
Here I've been nursing a sick dog, which has gotten me thinking of "nursing meditation": the sort of sitting you do at the bedside of a loved one. Last night I didn't have a chance to meditate, but after a trip to the vet, Reg and I curled up together on the couch, each hoping in our own way that he gets better, soon.
This morning a somewhat better dog lay resting beneath my tapestry scroll of the Bodhisattva of Compassion. Perhaps there's a lesson in loving-kindness here?
Mary, I'm so glad that your tests revealed nothing too worrying, and that the meditation helped a bit. Hugs to you, and to Moose and your sick child and Lorianne and your sick dog. All of you take very, very good care of yourselves.
On a VERY different level of suffering, I am finding that my practice is helping me take the Christmas festivities (which have started their relentless round here already with boss's party at his home last night and Christmas lunch in the Staff Dining Room today) more lightly. I usually do not enjoy this time of year at all, partly because I'm not very sociable and prefer people in groups of no more than 3 or 4,and partly because I get maudlin about lack of family. So far (early days), feeling more grounded and spacious because of meditation and therefore lighter, warmer, and less self-obsessed about it than usual.
Lorianne: thank you. And wishing Reg renewed good health under the Boddhisattva of Compassion scroll - he couldn't be in a better place really! I am intrigued by the "nursing meditation" as well.
Moose: So wrapped up in my own stuff, I forgot to wish you and your child well. I do hope things are getting better?
oohh, I wrote a long comment and it got deleted! Mary, I'm glad things went well and that you feel reasssured. I have some more tests coming up in mid-January and will be hoping for equanimity too. It's hard. and with the holidays and all the travel, the concept of keepign stress to a minimum feels totally impossible. The practice is helping, for sure. Moose - best wishes for a speedy recovery to yoru child, and Lorianne, for Reggie. And Jean, much sympathy about the rounds of parties and holiday "cheer" - that sort of thing is pretty exhausting to me and I do what I can to avoid it. but you point to the key: being able to accept whatever comes with patience and, even, humor. Would that it were easier!
Thanks, all for your good health wishes, and I return them to you! My child is still ill but better, and it's nothing serious - a wintertime bug. Small stuff compared to what some of you are dealing with. Just makes for a little extra discombobulation in my day. Mary, I'm very glad to hear that the outcome of your tests is reassuring. You've been much on my mind. Lorianne, I hope Reg is better soon. Sometimes I think a sick animal, not unlike a sick baby, is the worst just because it's so hard to communicate. Jean, I smile to think of you feeling lighter, warmer—this is good. Beth, I find the not knowing strenuous; I'm glad you find the practice helpful.
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Meditated this morning for 10 minutes prior to going to the hospital for some tests. All went well - though the main procedure was not particularly pleasant - and the outcome is reassuring.
I was aware that my meditation practice stood me in good stead. I read a Pema Chodron book in the waiting room and tried to practice loving kindness to those around me. I may write some more about it on my blog - or not, we'll see.
Thank you to all for being here and helping to ground me in this practice. I've got a long way to go, but that doesn't matter.
Mary, I'm glad to hear the tests went well (albeit not comfortably!) And Moose, I hope yesterday's sick child is feeling better today.
Here I've been nursing a sick dog, which has gotten me thinking of "nursing meditation": the sort of sitting you do at the bedside of a loved one. Last night I didn't have a chance to meditate, but after a trip to the vet, Reg and I curled up together on the couch, each hoping in our own way that he gets better, soon.
This morning a somewhat better dog lay resting beneath my tapestry scroll of the Bodhisattva of Compassion. Perhaps there's a lesson in loving-kindness here?
Mary, I'm so glad that your tests revealed nothing too worrying, and that the meditation helped a bit. Hugs to you, and to Moose and your sick child and Lorianne and your sick dog. All of you take very, very good care of yourselves.
On a VERY different level of suffering, I am finding that my practice is helping me take the Christmas festivities (which have started their relentless round here already with boss's party at his home last night and Christmas lunch in the Staff Dining Room today) more lightly. I usually do not enjoy this time of year at all, partly because I'm not very sociable and prefer people in groups of no more than 3 or 4,and partly because I get maudlin about lack of family. So far (early days), feeling more grounded and spacious because of meditation and therefore lighter, warmer, and less self-obsessed about it than usual.
Lorianne: thank you. And wishing Reg renewed good health under the Boddhisattva of Compassion scroll - he couldn't be in a better place really! I am intrigued by the "nursing meditation" as well.
Moose: So wrapped up in my own stuff, I forgot to wish you and your child well. I do hope things are getting better?
oohh, I wrote a long comment and it got deleted! Mary, I'm glad things went well and that you feel reasssured. I have some more tests coming up in mid-January and will be hoping for equanimity too. It's hard. and with the holidays and all the travel, the concept of keepign stress to a minimum feels totally impossible. The practice is helping, for sure. Moose - best wishes for a speedy recovery to yoru child, and Lorianne, for Reggie. And Jean, much sympathy about the rounds of parties and holiday "cheer" - that sort of thing is pretty exhausting to me and I do what I can to avoid it. but you point to the key: being able to accept whatever comes with patience and, even, humor. Would that it were easier!
Thanks, all for your good health wishes, and I return them to you! My child is still ill but better, and it's nothing serious - a wintertime bug. Small stuff compared to what some of you are dealing with. Just makes for a little extra discombobulation in my day. Mary, I'm very glad to hear that the outcome of your tests is reassuring. You've been much on my mind. Lorianne, I hope Reg is better soon. Sometimes I think a sick animal, not unlike a sick baby, is the worst just because it's so hard to communicate. Jean, I smile to think of you feeling lighter, warmer—this is good. Beth, I find the not knowing strenuous; I'm glad you find the practice helpful.
I plan on sitting this evening.
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